Literature by Period Books

New and Published Books

1. Mary Wollstonecraft, Pedagogy, and the Practice of Feminism

   By Kirstin Hanley

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature

   This study examines Mary Wollstonecraft—generally recognized as the founder of the early feminist movement—by shedding light on her contributions to eighteenth-century instructional literature, and feminist pedagogy in particular. While contemporary scholars have extensively theorized...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Entropy Exhibition (Routledge Revivals)

   Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction

   By Colin Greenland

   When first published in 1983 The Entropy Exhibition was the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as ‘New Wave’ science fiction. It examines the history of the New Worlds magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Heyday of Sir Walter Scott (Routledge Revivals)

   By Donald Davie

   First published in 1961, this book examines a number of works popular in the Romantic period, during the heyday of Sir Walter Scott in the early part of the nineteenth century. Encompassing works by the likes of Alexander Pushkin, Sir Walter Scott, Adam Mickiewicz and James Fenimore Cooper, this...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction

   The Syndrome Syndrome

   Edited by James Peacock, Tim Lustig

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

   The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers. The book places these fictional treatments within a broader cultural and historical context, exploring such topics as the two...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. Sound and Aural Media in Postmodern Literature

   Novel Listening

   By Justin St. Clair

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   This study examines postmodern literature— including works by Kurt Vonnegut, William Gaddis, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Ishmael Reed, and Thomas Pynchon —arguing that one of the formal logics of postmodern fiction is heterophonia: a pluralism of sound. The postmodern novel not only bears...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Science and Religion in Neo-Victorian Novels

   Eye of the Ichthyosaur

   By John Glendening

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature

   Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel — a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day perspectives — has expanded rapidly in the last fifteen years but given little attention to the engagement between science and religion. Of great interest to...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. The American Civil War

   A Literary and Historical Anthology, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Ian Frederick Finseth

   The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, memoirs, and essays, accompanied by detailed annotations and concise introductions. Now in...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
8. Reading the Early Modern Dream

   The Terrors of the Night

   Edited by Sue Wiseman, Katharine Hodgkin, Michelle O'Callaghan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   Dreams have been significant in many different cultures, carrying messages about this world and others, posing problems about knowledge, truth, and what it means to be human. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores dreams and visions in early modern Europe, canvassing the place of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. Editing Emily Dickinson

   The Production of an Author

   By Lena Christensen

   Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors

   Editing Emily Dickinson considers the processes through which Dickinson's work has been edited in the twentieth century and how such editorial processes contribute specifically to the production of Emily Dickinson as author. The posthumous editing of her handwritten manuscripts into the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
10. Civility and Empire

    Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921

    By Anindyo Roy

    Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

    This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge